7.6/101,039 votes
7.8/10940 votes#2 - Sins of the Father
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1997
The origins of Tim Drake are traced, from street-tough and member of Two-Face's gang to the new Robin.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Rich Fogel
7.4/10894 votes#3 - Cold Comfort
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1997
Mr. Freeze returns and seeks revenge on Gotham City, with a big surprise for Batman.
Director: Dan Riba
Writer: Hilary Bader
8.2/10965 votes#4 - Never Fear
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/1997
The Scarecrow develops a new toxin that, rather than inducing fear, eliminates it, making average people incredibly reckless and dangerous.
Director: Kenji Hachizaki
Writer: Stan Berkowitz
7.6/10877 votes#5 - You Scratch My Back
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/1997
In an effort to further distance himself from Batman, Nightwing tries to go it alone to stop a smuggling ring and gets unexpected help from the seductive Catwoman.
Director: Dan Riba, Butch Lukic
Writer: Hilary Bader
8.1/10888 votes#6 - Double Talk
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/1997
Arnold Wesker is released from Arkham, completely free of his Scarface persona. But Scarface's old gang, needing their old boss back, begin working to drive Wesker back to his old ways.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Bob Goodman
8.1/10960 votes#7 - Joker's Millions
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/21/1998
Crime boss Edward "The King" Barlow dies and in his will leaves his arch-rival, the Joker, a large fortune. Joker immediately goes on a shopping spree, even searching for a replacement for Harley Quinn, but realizes too late that all the money is fake.
Director: Dan Riba
Writer: Paul Dini
8.4/10964 votes#8 - Growing Pains
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/1998
Robin fights to protect a young girl with amnesia who is being stalked by her "father", who turns out to be Clayface. Having created the girl from his own body to scout out the city, he now intends to reabsorb her.
Director: Atsuko Tanaka
Writer: Bob Goodman, Paul Dini
7.3/10805 votes#9 - Mean Seasons
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/25/1998
Batman pursues an ex-model, who is now looking for revenge and calling herself "Calendar Girl".
Director: Hiroyuki Aoyama
Writer: Hilary Bader
6.8/10791 votes#10 - The Demon Within
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/9/1998
Batman and Robin assist occultist Jason Blood when Klarion the Witch-boy takes control of Blood's alter-ego, Etrigan the Demon.
Director: Atsuko Tanaka
Writer: Rusti Bjornhoel, Stan Berkowitz
9.2/101,238 votes#11 - Over the Edge
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/23/1998
During a fight with the Scarecrow, Batgirl is ambushed on a rooftop and falls to her death. Having watched his daughter's demise, Jim Gordon blames Batman for her fate and vows revenge, even recruiting Bane in the process.
Director: Yuichiro Yano
Writer: Paul Dini, Bruce Timm
7.0/10772 votes#12 - Torch Song
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/13/1998
A lovelorn pyrotechnic engineer, Garfield Lynns, gets dumped by a big time singer named Cassidy. Lynns becomes the supervillain Firefly, bent on burning the woman who burned him.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Rich Fogel
6.8/10787 votes#13 - Love is a Croc
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/11/1998
Baby Doll becomes enamored of Killer Croc, and the pair forms a very unlikely yet very successful criminal duo. However, their partnership soon falls apart when Baby Doll learns that Croc is only using her to further his own criminal career.
Director: Butch Lukic
Writer: Steve Gerber
The Best Episodes of The New Batman Adventures Season 1
Every episode of The New Batman Adventures Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The New Batman Adventures Season 1!
The New Batman Adventures is a continuation of the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series. Stories in this series tend to give more focus to Batman's...
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Network:The WB
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Holiday Knights" is the best rated episode of "The New Batman Adventures" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 1039 votes. Directed by Dan Riba and written by Paul Dini, it aired on 9/13/1997. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Sins of the Father".